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| Oatmeal Carmelitas |
Recipe Type: Dessert
Author:
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Serves: 36
Ingredients
- CRUST
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups margarine or 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
- FILLING
- 1 (12 1/2 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping (1 cup)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350*.
- Grease 13×9 inch pan.
- In large bowl, blend all crust ingredients at low speed until crumbly.
- Press half of crumb mixture, about 3 cups, in bottom of greased pan.
- Reserve remaining crumb mixture for topping.
- Bake at 350* for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in small bowl combine caramel topping and 3 tbls.
- flour; set aside.
- Sprinkle warm crust with chocolate chips and nuts.
- Drizzle evenly with caramel mixture; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
- Return to oven and bake an additional 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool completely.
- Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until filling is set.
- Cut into bars.
- Enjoy!
Notes
When I made them I used Mrs. Richards butterscotch caramel sauce in the ice cream toppings section. Also, I substituted extra chocolate chips for the nuts.
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Kelly Ann T. says
I’m hitting the print button, this will be a perfect recipe for our cookie walk fundraiser we have each year. Thank you
queenb says
they’ll go FAST!!